Vocoders
eregular
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I know this is kind of an "out in left feild" question, but i was wondering if any musicians (electronic or whatever..) could recomend a good vocoder. I really want to add some deep electronic robotic voices to some of my music. I love synths but know nothing of vocoders. my price range is around 100 bones.....any recomendation would make my day. bless.
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plug-ins.
otherwise the micro-korg has a decent one...
that being said, software is a good option, look around.
or the nord micromodular makes an excellent vocoder (the best you can find right now under 1000). you should look into that, but be prepared to spend about 200-300. also, it has quite a learning curve if you don't know how to program a modular synth.
but... it's WAYYY outta your price range (i remember when these were goin' for $300 a few years back... inflation!!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Roland-Vocoder-SVC-350-SVC350-Good-condition-NICE-L-K_W0QQitemZ7337490508QQcategoryZ64386QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
peace.
I rocked these vocoder tracks all last week on Dailysonic:
episode70
"Me and my Man" (Whitey vs. Chromeo Fly White Mix
by Chromeo
She's In Control
Vice Records
"Boogie Down (Bronx)"
by Man Parrish
Boogie Down 12"
Rams Horn Records
episode71
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"
by Giorgio Moroder
From Here To Eternity
Hip-O-Select
"My Radio"
by Solvent
Apples
Ghostly International
episode72
"Robocop"
by Sleeze Boyz
Lowrider Soundtrack Vol.9
Thump Records
"In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country"
by Board of Canada
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (Single
Warp Records
MDA-VST effects
This plug-in pack contains a free VST Vocoder plug-in, switchable between 8 and 16 bands.
Other software plug ins I've tried (Prosoniq Orange Vocoder, the vocoder rack in Reason, AKAI's VST Vocoder) are a bit too harsh/digital sounding IMO.
On the hardware end of the spectrum, the vocoder built in to the Nord MicroModular is one of the best I've heard. You can get yer Roger/Zapp on with this thing.
SG
real vocoders require two inputs, one source signal from a synth and something to process, preferably your voice. anyone got a proper plugin that can do this? i probably havent looked hard enough.
http://www.paia.com/vocoder.htm
This is the assemble yourself vocoder that Dave Storrs used on a lot of the electrobeat label releases from way back.
SG
it only has 8 bands so if you want your vocals to be intelligible, forget about it. The MS has 16 bands and is a little better, but for your money i would recomend picking up a 2nd hand warp factory on the bay. I got one for 125 USD including shipping to Auz, so see how you go. It's done me really well with a little practice http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Electrix/Warp_Factory-01.html